The Academic Suppression And Ignoring Of Bitcoin

The Academic Suppression And Ignoring Of Bitcoin

Learn about bitcoin? It seems that some academic institutions don’t want you to!This is an opinion editorial by Hannah Wolfman-Jones, author of “System Override: How Bitcoin, Blockchain, Free Speech, & Free Tech Can Change Everything” and founder of We The Web.Academics are not going to be early to Bitcoin; there are too many incentives baked into the university system pushing them to not be. These include the incentive to please their Keynesian colleagues and bosses, and the financial incentives of research grants, advisor roles — and a revolving door of paid positions at the Federal....


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